The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-08-27

~ LITTLE HiGHWAluA<.
..,x,,.. - rebber, With pistol and 1
r tssst cordial greeting was. '.Yoa,
t"rl'iFnoy o. yDur lifs;"
Ia hands above your head.
r,na5onf cole. most grmly offering 10 repsy
you IN cold lsadS
fen, once met a rebber; ] was going home to
tea.
The way vas rather lonely, though not yet TOO
dark 20 feo
That the fiaray rogue who stopped me there
>,st very fnlly armed
Bot I'm hrnefl In maintaining that didn't feel
alarmed.
lie was psnting hard from running. 20 /, helng
ffill urdannfcd.
Ntry body lAced ibo rascal ard demanded
hat be anted:
was Qo'ei - eie A. be was, and was not out
80 didn't fear his shooting me. or stabbIng me
70 death.
70 answer % my question the highwayman
raItcr ~ aim
And polrtsa y straight at me- thou IN still
felt no a'arm;
ne did NOT AL fsr money, but what be said was
thlss
lyon cannon pass Papa unle'. you give your
Atlas @. B,orlow in St. Nicholas
HARVESTING POTATOES.
The New England Farmeradvises farm
ers not to leave potatoes Ia the ground
long after they are ready to harvest.
u Is cold work handling potatoes after
the ground begins TO freeze nights. The
cold and the dirt often make the hands
crack and become very sore. Besides.
late digging gives the weeds and grass
chance to grow. and makes the work
of digging still harder. Some think
the late fall rains injure the quality
OF the tubcrs for eating. However
this may be. there is nothing gained
by leaving sound potatoes long in the
ground after they are ripe and ready
10 dig. When the crop X rotting. how
ever, IL is well To leave them unduC
till the disease j. far enough advanced
80 that he unsound can be separated
from the sound ones without difficulty.
Dig in fair weather SO that the tubers
will come ont clean. Potatoes dug
when the ground is muddy never look
well in the bin. nor are they as salable
in market. II the white grub l. very
abundant in the soil, Il may be- neces-
sary to dig TO save the crop, even before
the vines are dead
lfpotatocs arc dug by hand, IL Is
easier TO III them while the vines are
istill alive Plunging a spading fork
into one side OF the hill and prying
with one hand while the vines are grasp
cd by the other, the tubers may he lift
ed almost at II single operation and
shaken upon the surface 10 dry for an
hour or 20, before pick ny and sort
ing. Some farmers make much un-
necessary work in harvesting this crop.
They pull the vines, then dig out the
potatoes with hoes or hooks. throwing
them into baskets which are cmpticd
into cart or wagon, from which
they are afterwards sorted before put
ting into the cellar. IL is Setter 10
sort when picking from the fell, and
a fork Is far better than a hoe for lift
ing and spreading out the tubcrs to
dry.
When one has large field that is fair
~ free from rock, and weeds. the dig
ging can be done very rapidly by the |
use Of a small. doublc-wingcd plough. |
drawn by horse. letting the horse.
walk ON the row, or better. have two |
horses astride the row. Unless there
are pickers enough keep up the team.
which is impracticable.t the team should |
go through the field taking alternate
rows. and after these are
cleaned up, 60 through again. TAX
ing the remaining rows. Farmers
must economic in every way possible
TO save labor In producing their crops,
or they will have reason To complain
Of "hard times When the potatoes
are put IN the cellar. see that they are
covered from the light. which will turn
the skin green and make the potato Bit
ter and practically worthless. except
for planting. One thickness Of news
paper. i, nothing better can be had, will |
shut out the light and keep The tubcrs
sound. Store in the coolest part of the
cellar where there will be no danger
from freezing. A warm cellar starts
The sprouts too early in the spring.
TREATMENT or SEEDS.
Mr.. John II. Brown of Hay Springs.
Neb.. says;
ID planted lot Of ash seeds In
April. Although we have had plenty
Of rain not one IN a hundred has come
mp. covered them from two TO three
inches
CD Larch and Russian mulberry